Skykits SAVANNAH VGW N508TG
19 March 2014 · Hudson, Colorado, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 March 2014 at about 15:00 local time, a Skykits SAVANNAH VGW registered N508TG was involved in an accident near Hudson, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 15:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Hudson, Colorado, United States
- Nearest airport
- Platte Valley Airpark (18V)
- Coordinates
- 40.1028, -104.7011
- Aircraft
- Skykits SAVANNAH VGW
- Registration
- N508TG
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2010
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Hudson → Hudson
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN14CA166
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate monitoring of his glide path resulting in a collision with a berm prior to landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was practicing short field stop-and-go landings. On one approach to the turf strip, the airplane was too low and the main landing gear contacted a berm short of the landing strip. The nose gear collapsed and the airplane nosed over resulting in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no prior mechanical malfunctions or failures, but that a gusty wind may have resulted in a downdraft.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Skykits SAVANNAH accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jun 2014 | Skykits SAVANNAH VGW | Helena, Montana, United States | Maykuth Gerald S | No injuries | - |
| 20 Nov 2011 | Skykits SAVANNAH VGW | Plato Center, Illinois, United States | Frank J. Kehoe | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Sep 2010 | Skykits SAVANNAH | Springville, Tennessee, United States | Skykits Corp | No injuries | - |
| 7 Jul 2010 | Skykits SAVANNAH VGW | Bison, South Dakota, United States | Ken Morhain | No injuries | - |
| 14 Sep 2007 | Skykits SAVANNAH ADV | Lava Hot Spring, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jun 2023 | Skykits SAVANNAH VGW | Flippin, Arkansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jan 2014 | Diamond DA20-C1 | Fort Carson, Colorado, United States | Doss Aviation Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 Apr 2014 | Firefly 8B-15 | Security, Colorado, United States | Howes Skip | Serious injuries | - |
| 27 Jul 2014 | Beechcraft 35-C33A | Pueblo, Colorado, United States | Henke Petroleum Corp | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Apr 2014 | American AA 1 | Peyton, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Feb 2014 | Cirrus SR22 | Gunnison, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Feb 2014 | Beechcraft 35/33 | Telluride, Colorado, United States | Arizona Cloudbusters Inc | Fatal | 3 |